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Out & About Ohio – March 2010

 

Akron – Akron Hurling Info Sessions

The Akron Celtic Guards GAA  Hurling indoor training for the 2010 Spring – call Mark Agner, 330-571-7884.   Celebrating our 10^th year with Ireland’s National Sport, come out enjoy the fastest field sport on earth, played by Kings and peasants for 3,000 years!

Akron – AOH Radio Fundraiser

6^th - The Hibernian Connection radio program (www.913thesummit.com Sunday’s 1:00 p.m.), is having a Kick Off to the “Green Season” Party. 2000 Brown St., Akron / Mark Heffernan/Margaret Judge Hibernian Hall, 7:00 p.m. Featuring Callahan & O’Connor and friends, raffles, give-aways, surprises and special guests. All donations are tax deductible – checks to WAPS 91.3 The Summit Hibernian Connection, 1190 South Ave., Barberton, Ohio 44203.

Cincinnati – Molly Malone’s

5^th –ShinDig, 6^th -The Bloody Tinth, 12^th – Cheryl Renee with Dem Bones, 13^th  -Unlucky Charms, 17^th – St. Patricks Day Celebration w/ FinTan, The Bloody Tinth and Easter Rising, 19^th -Vaugn and Co., 20^th – Woodchuck Wooleries, 26^th -Fish Head, 27^th –TBA, 6111 Montgomery Road, 45213 513.531.0700

Cincinnati – 2nd Annual Our Lady of Knock Div.2 AOH Irish Film Festival

7^th – The Matchmaker.  14^th – The Quiet Man.  Doors open at 6:15.  8070-1 Reading Road, Cincinnati.

 

Cleveland / Willoughby – Mullarkey’s

6^th – Kevin McCarthy, 13^th – The Terriers, 17^th – 1 to 5 & 8 to close -Dan McCoy, 20^th – Dan McCoy, 27^th – Donal O’Shaughnessy.  4110 Erie St. 44094 www.mullarkeys.com

Cleveland / Cleveland Hts  – Oh Sullivan Concert

13^th – 3^rd Annual Sullivan Sisters Concert of All Irish Music 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10 in ad­vance; $12 @ door. Children $8. 216-397-1481 sondrajacobs@ sbcglobal.net

Cleveland / Medina – Sully’s

5th – The New Barleycorn, 6th – Mossy Moran, 12th – Callahan and O’Connor, 13th – Marys Lane, 17th – Mossy Moran, O’Hare School of Irish Dance, plus a few surprises, 19th – Morrison and McCarthy, 20th – The Other Brothers, 26th – Wasted at the Wake, 27th – That Irish Band.  117 West Liberty Medina, 44256 www.sullysmedina.com

Cleveland / Olmsted Twp – West Side Irish American Club

Best Fish Fry’s in Ohio – Every Friday 5 to 7:30! Then Entertainment 7:30 to ?. 5^th –   Fintan Stanley, 19^th –    Emerald Heart, 26^th –     Mary Agnes Kennedy, 4/2 -                 Michael Crawley.  / 13^th – Claddagh Ball – A Nite to Remember w music by Sean Fleming Band.  Call Kathleen Chambers 44.427.0858 St. Patrick’s Day – 10:30 a.m. Mass @ St. Colman’s (W 65^th & Madison).  Music @ the club – 4 to7                    Scully (formerly the Young Hooligans), 7 to 10.30 – Kid’n’Me.  24^th – Tony Kenny Concert.  WSIA Club 8559 Jennings Rd. 44138 www.wsia-club.org. 440-235-5868.

Cleveland – Croagh Patrick’s

9^th -Open Irish Jam Session, 11^th -Mossy Moran (Black Sheep Bagpipe Night), 12^th -Tullamore Dew Night, 13^th –Harp & Guinness Night w/Irish DJ John McSkolny, 14^th -”Danny Boy” Singing Contest, 15^th -Irish Coffee Night w/ Irish Band Scully, 16^th -The Reek Party, 17^th -Kegs-n-Eggs at 8am, 18^th -Survivor Party w/The Poor Men. Voted #1 Irish Pub on Fox 8 Cleveland Hotlist 2009, www.croaghpatrickspub.webs.com

Cleveland – AOH / LAOH “After the Parade Party”

17^th – 2:30-6:00pm Renaissance Cleveland Hotel 24 Public Square.  Featuring Callahan & O’Connor Tickets $10.  Children under 12 free.  John Kish 440-885-3575

Cleveland The 143rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Banquet

17^th – Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square. Honoring the 2010 Hibernian of the Year James McIlwee, United Irish Societies Honorees:  Grand Marshal John Hayes, Irish Mother of the Year Bonnie McNally,  Co Chairs Shannon Corcoran and Fr. Thomas Johns.  Cocktails 6:30pm Dinner 7:30pm.  $55.  Rasa Chambers 216-281-9657

Cleveland – Flanagan’s Wake is BACK!

The Frankie Kong Players proudly present “Flanagan’s Wake,” the hilarious, interacive Irish wake. Come join the villagers of the mythical town of Grapplin, County Sligo, Ireland, as they tell tales, sing songs, and dance a jig as they remember their dear, departed friend, Flanagan.  Allen Theatre lobby @ Playhouse Square every Friday & Saturday, 8 PM. Special Show March 17^th at 7:00 p.m. Playhouse Square Box Office 216.241.6000 playhousesquare.org.  Flanagan’s Wake…….we put the ‘fun’ in funeral!

Cleveland – Paddy’s Pour House

6^th – Dan McCoy, 17^th – Serving Corn Beef sandwiches.  922 E 222^nd Euclid, 44123

Cleveland -The Harp

3^rd – Lonesome Stars, 5^th – The Kilroys, 6^th – The Porter Sharks 10^th – $100.00 Trio, 13^th – The Kilroys, 17^th – The Boys From Co. Hell, 19^th – Brent Kirby, 20^th – Pitch the Peat, 24^th – Lonesome Stars, 26^th – Kristine Jackson, 27^th – Chris Allen, 31^st – $100.00 Trio 4408 Detroit Road, Cleveland www.the-harp.com

Cleveland – PJ McIntyre’s

4^th – Seanchai & the Unity Squad (NY Celtic Rock), 5^th – Cosmic Candy, 6^th – The Knock-offs, 12^th – The Kreellers, 13^th – Cruisin, 14^th – Searson, 16^th – St. PRACTICE Practice Day w/ Mossy Moran, 17^th – St. Patrick’s Day; Doors open at 7 AM, 1^st 100 people in get a Holiday T-Shirt! The Really Big Show with Rizzo & Goldhammer LIVE!  9 a.m. to Noon, Irish Breakfast served till noon.  Mary’s Lane 1 to 4, Dancers, Pipers, & More all day.  19^th – Punch the Clown, 20^th – Carlos Jones (Reggae), 26^th - Cruisin, 27^th – Cats on Holiday.  Traditional Irish music sessiùns every Thursday. Adult Irish Dance Step Dancing, email jcrawford77@msn.com.  PJ’s is a Local 10 Union establishment.  Book all your parties/ events here!  17119 Lorain Avenue, 44111.  www.pjmcintyres.com

Cleveland – Flat Iron Café

5^th – The Acoustix, 12^th – Kristine Jackson, 26^th – Bald Paul’s Irish Blues Band.  Flat Iron has extended happy hour, shot specials and food specials every Friday night, check it out! 1114 Center Street, Cleveland, 44113 216-696-6968 www.flatironcafe.com

Cleveland / Avon Lake – Irish Heritage Center now Ahern Banquet Center

The Ahern Banquet Center is now open.  Owned and operated by trusted caterer and Cleveland Irish area fixture Tony Ahern, the former Irish Heritage Center is booking weddings and special events at the newly remodeled and gorgeous center located 726 Avon Belden Rd, Avon Lake, OH  44012.  Call Tony Ahern or Lucy Balser at 440-933-9500.

Cleveland – Stone Mad

ST. PATRICK’S DAY, Open at 10am, serving traditional Irish Fare all day.  Live Entertainment after the Parade, Patio will be open. 

Live music in the Pub every Sunday night 7 pm. / Traditional Irish Session 1^st Sunday of ea/month, new and improved Cocktail Hour Menu -  Monday thru Friday from 3-7pm everything is $5 or less.

We are signing up teams for the Spring Bocce League – two-man team, 16 team bracket, double elimination tournament, $50 per team.

Cleveland – Beck Center for the Arts

4^th  – Kids Club at Westfield Great Northern, 11^th  – Hear & Touch the Music, 13^th  – Super Saturday, 25^th  – Early Childhood ABC, 26-28 – The 25^th Putnam County Spelling Bee, 27^th  – Student Music Recital.  www.beckcenter.org

Cleveland – Irish American Club East Side

5^th – PUB Kevin McCarthy, 6^th  – Guinness & Harp Night I w/ The Kreellers, 12^th – Tom Sweeney, 13^th  – Guinness and Harp II with The Boys from the County Hell, 16^th – Irish Coffee Night – Pat Flynn and the Green Blossom Special, 17^th – Marys Lane, 19^th – PUB Michael Crawley, 26^th – (PUB) Kid and Me.   (Music in PUB is 7:30 – 10:30).  22770 Lake Shore Blvd. Euclid, 44123. 216.731.4003 www.irishamericanclubeastside.com

Cleveland / Mentor – Hooley House

2^nd – Hooley with Richie, 3^rd  - Trivia, 5^th  - DJ, 6^th  - DJ, 9^th  - Hooley with Richie, 10^th  - Trivia, 12^th  - West Side Steve, 13^th  - Hooley House 1st Anniversary Party w/ Brigid’s Cross!, 16^th  - Hooley with Richie, 17^th  - Brigid’s Cross, 19^th  - DJ, 20^th  - DJ, 23^rd  - Hooley with Richie, 24^th  - Trivia, 26^th  - DJ, 27^th – UFC Fight.  7861 Reynolds Rd., Mentor  www.1funpub.com (440) 942-6611

Cleveland – House of Blues

5^th - Green 17 Tour 2010 Featuring Flogging Molly w/ Frank Turner, The Architects, 6^th – Boys From The County Hell w/ Hey Mavis, Pitch the Peat, 11^th – Gaelic Storm, w Oakhurst.

Cleveland – West Park Station

Cleveland / Rocky River – Celtic Feet on Erie Shores

21^st – 3:00 p.m. Dance, Music and Song w/ The Burke School of Irish Dance.  Prizewinner, Championship & World-Qualifying Dancers.  Magnificat High School

Performing Arts Center, Advance tickets $15 Student $10.  http://www.burkeirishdance.com/index.php/events-cle or at Caseys Imports.

Columbus – Shamrock Club Events

4^th – Bardic Circle Sessions; 6^th – Drowsy Lads; 7^th – Mass & General Meeting-2 pm; 9^th – Euchre; 12^th – Proclamation Day-City Hall-10:45 am; 12^th – Ladies of Longford; 13^th – Mossy Moran; 14^th – Mass & General Meeting-2 pm; 17^th – St. Patrick’s Day Mass-Holy Cross Church-9:30 am; 17^th – St. Patrick’s Day Parade-11:45 am; 17^th – Irish Family Reunion-Vets Memorial-12 noon; 19^th – Kirby Sessions; 23^rd – E-Board Meeting-6 pm; 27^th – Quiz Night. 60 W. Castle Rd. Columbus 43207 614-491-4449 www.shamrockclubofcolumbus.com

Columbus Byrne’s Pub

5^th – Gipson & Fitz, 6^th – Seanchai & the Unity Squad, 12^th – Death by Banjo,

1248 West Third Avenue, 43212 (614) 486-4722 www.byrnespub.com.

Columbus – Daughters of Erin Irish Breakfast

14^th – Daughters of Erin Irish Breakfast St. Mary’s School 700 S. Third St., 8am-12:30 $5 presale, $7/door. $3/child 6-12, 614-578-0441.

Dayton – AOH & LAOH Events

6^th  – Celtic Movements Northmont High School Auditorium, 4916 National Road, Clayton.  Mary Laffey-Beemsterboer 937-256-6086 13^th – St. Patrick’s Day Celebration.  3:00 – 10:00  IUE-CWA Local 755 Hall,1675 Woodman Drive  Hal Barker 937-663-4111, 17^th  - Mass  12:00 p.m., St. Joseph Church Second Street, 19^th  - AOH Social Hour, 8:00 p.m., AOH Hall.  Art Gannon 937-294-0703.  31^st  - Deadline for History Writing Contest for school students.  Maureen Kadel 937-473-5264 http://www.ladiesaoh.com/historycontest.html. JFK Division #1 / Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Mary of the Gael, Division # 1 & Member Organizations www.aoh-dayton.org. 

Dayton – The Dublin Pub

12^th – FinTan.  300 Wayne Ave, 45410-1116 www.dubpub.com.  (937) 224-7822

 

Marietta – 29^th Annual Gathering of the Irish

March 14^th – Boys of the Hock and the Athens Irish Dancers, food fun and More!  Lafayette Hotel. http://www.lafayettehotel.com

Michigan – Michigan Irish Music Festival Annual St. Patrick’s Party

12^th thru 14^th – Fricano Event Center, Muskegon, featuring: Slide IE, The Waxies, Fonn Mor.  Food, dance, Silent Auction and more.  231.739.2028

Pittsburgh – Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle

4^th – Mike Gallagher, 11^th – Finnegan’s Wake with Red Hand Paddy. 11^th  – Finnegan’s Wake with Red Hand Paddy, 2329 Penn Ave. , in The Strip.  412-642-6622 www.harpandfiddle.com

Pittsburgh – Paddy’s Pour House

5^th – Sean McClorey, 12^th – Mark Guiser, 13^th – Opens at 11 a.m., with music by Sean McClorey, 17^th – Jack Puskar, 19^th – Sean McClorey, 20^th - Mike Gallagher, 26^th – Ricky Manning, 27^th – Sean McClorey, 215 East Main Street , Carnegie, 412-279-0770

Pittsburgh – Seanchai & The Unity Squad to Perform

5^th – The Great Hall at The Priory, 614 Pressley Street on the North Shore, 412.231-3908

Pittsburgh – Cherish the Ladies in Concert

5^th – The Byham Theatre, Sixth Street www.pgharts.org/venues/byham.aspx

Pittsburgh – Celtic Women @ Mellon Arena

19th – Celtic Woman performing at Mellon Arena,

Pittsburgh / West Virginia – West Virginia Feis

27^th & 28^th – West Virginia Feis @ Pittsburgh, Hyatt Pittsburgh International Airport www.Irishcentrepgh.org.

 

Toledo – Extra Stout Band

5th – Toledo Museum of Art,  13^th  - AOH Festival, 17^th  - Claddagh Irish Pub, 12 – 3,

17^th  - McCarthy’s Irish Pub, Port Clinton, 6:00.

 

Niles – Quinlan’s Irish Pub and Eatery
3^rd – County Mayo Irish Band,  10^th – Rose and Thistle, 17^th – Rose & Thistle, The Dolans, County Mayo Irish Band, 24^th – Rose & Thistle, 31^st – County Mayo Irish Band. Youngstown – Youngstown Sports Grille

13^th, 14^th & 17^th – Co. Mayo Irish Band

Ongoing Traditional Irish Sessiúns - Bring your instruments and play along!

Akron Hibernian’s Ceili Band Sessions, Wednesdays 7:30 pm.  The Akron AOH Mark Heffernan  Div 2 Hall 2000 Brown St , Akron , Ohio 330-724-2083. Beginner to intermediate

Croagh Patrick’s – 2nd Tuesday of every month from 8 to 10pm

Great Lakes Brewing Co – First Monday of Every month in the Beer Cellar, 6-9 PM.  (Tends to be intermediate to advanced players)

PJ McIntyre’s – Every Thursday, 8 p.m., hosted by Brian Holleran & Dominic Kilroy

Bardic Circle at The Shamrock Club of Columbus  Beginner-friendly, intermediate-level Irish session meeting every other Thursdays from 8:00 pm -11:00 pm

Claddagh Irish Pub, Legacy Village, Lyndhurst Every 2^nd Sunday, 6 – 9 pm.

Bowling Green Common Space* – 437 South Main, Bowling Green. SLOW SESSIONS – so folks can learn tunes.  2^nd & 4^th Monday, 7:00 to 8:00

Blarney Pub* – Toledo, 1^st  Saturday of the month 5-8 pm.

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